“The greatest lessons that students can take from Black History is the resilience of the people.”
That’s according to Martinique Starnes, a member of our Diversity in Leadership team, during a recent conversation about Black History Month. Broadly...
In celebrating Black History this month, we’ve also been thinking about the future. Specifically, the future of education for Black students in California.
We just marked the one- year anniversary of the tragic Parkland school shooting. Couple the anniversary with a week that included Valentine’s Day, and it can all be a sad reminder of loneliness, rejection, or worst of all, those we’d like to shower...
For much of 2019, the conversation around public education in Los Angeles has been divisive. In a post-strike world, many L.A. parents are ready for unity and solutions. Last weekend, they had a chance to pursue both during the One City, All Kids...
Last month, we not only marked the start of a new year, but a new era at CCSA! On January 9th, Myrna Castrejón officially became our organization’s president and CEO. Here at CCSA, we know quite a bit about Myrna (more on that below). But for the...
